Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana to be back for three 'Avatar' sequels

Washington: Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana have finalized deals to reprise their characters for the three upcoming 'Avatar' movies.

Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana. Pic/Santa Banta

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the sequels are being made back-to-back by director James Cameron, who had earlier sought help from Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver for the screen plays.

The first actor who signed on for all three new movies was Stephen Lang, whose character 'Marine Colonel Quaritch' had died in the first film and it has also been revealed that Jake Sully and Neytiri, Worthington and Saldana's characters, will have kids.